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Markets are still figuring out what happened last week
Jan 7, 2020

Markets are still figuring out what happened last week

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Plus: What the low trade deficit does and doesn't tell us, modern email etiquette and how the #MeToo movement has changed the American Economic Association’s annual conference.

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Indie booksellers innovate to survive the age of Amazon

by Dan Kraker
Jan 7, 2020
The holiday season is the busiest time of year for many retailers, including the country's 2,500 hundred independent bookstores. Some, despite Amazon's dominance, are flourishing.
Angel and Bob Dobrow opened Zenith Bookstore in Duluth in 2017.
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How the nation's top economists view sexism and racism in their field

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jan 7, 2020
The latest meeting of the American Economic Association confronted some hard truths.
Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke have both served as Federal Reserve Board Chairs during the Obama Administration. Yellen will also soon replace Bernanke as the President of the American Economic Association.
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Is your email etiquette up to snuff?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 7, 2020
We talked to a digital etiquette expert.
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The falling trade deficit can mean a lot of things

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 7, 2020
U.S. consumers could be buying more American products. Or just buying less of everything.
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Most U.S. automakers in China are having a tough time

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 7, 2020
Mass market models have suffered most.
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Why sometimes big news does not move the stock market

by Maria Hollenhorst and Kai Ryssdal
Jan 7, 2020
Was it a predictable event? Then Wall Street's reaction might already be "priced in."
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Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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